Fossil Tooth ID help needed please!

[Mandalay]

Hi,
I am new to the forum and would like to reach out for some help. New to the hobby and would appreciate any tips.
I acquired the fossil tooth from a collector with access to the mines in the north of Myanmar (Burma).
Happy to post any additional photos if needed

Thanks for your help

Edited April 1, 2017 by Mandalay

[fifbrindacier]

Hi, welcome here. It reminds me somehow a crocodilian tooth, but wait for more knowleageable's opinion.

I didn't know the euros were available in Australia.

For those who don't know what is the size of an euro, it is a little more than 2 cm or almost 1 inch. That means this tooth is about 2 inches or 5 centimeters high.

[Rustdee]

This looks like a mammal tooth to me. Do you know what the age of the formations present in the mine? I think starting there would be best.

[old bones]

I think that the pointy end is the root. I agree with Rustee that it looks mammal.

[abyssunder]

Welcome to the Forum !

Maybe it's a two rooted Squalodon tooth with the broken root?

[fifbrindacier]

Maybe @Al Dente would have an idea of which animal it is.

[Mandalay]

hi all
Thanks for the help so far, this is proving to be a great forum.
what are some of the methods to estimating the age of this fossil?
Are there labs that offer such a service?

Thanks again

[ynot]

Dating fossils is usually done by analysis of the formation. To date this particular piece You need to know where it came from.

If You can give a locality someone here should be able to figure out what formation(s) are there.

[siteseer]

I'm not sure but that looks similar to a hippo upper premolar.  Going on a hunch, I happened upon this paper"

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229974311_Morphology_and_phylogenetic_relationships_of_the_earliest_known_hippopotamids_Cetartiodactyla_Hippopotamidae_Kenyapotaminae